John Del Signore

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• Posted Opinionist: American Treasure to Gothamist
  Rob Strong At first glance, the premise of Julia Jarcho's American Treasure seems clever; the production evokes film noir and Hollywood western styles to unfold a gossamer-thin "story" about a "Real History Detective," a "vagabond with...
• Posted SLA Raids Bar for Selling Wisconsin Beer to Gothamist
  An Upper East Side sports bar popular with Wisconsin transplants was slapped with two fines totaling $20,000 for selling a popular beer that's only licensed to sell in Wisconsin. The owners of Mad River Bar &...
• Posted Sonic Youth Mesmerizes Music Hall of Williamsburg to Gothamist
  Sarah Tew Photography Is there any band as old as Sonic Youth (nearly three decades!) still radiating such adventurousness and vitality? (The E-Street band, perhaps, but that's apples/oranges.) On Tuesday night the ever-fresh noise rock quintet...
• Posted Suspects in Bronx Teen Shooting Enjoy Nice Thanksgiving Dinner to Gothamist
  Vada Vasquez The family of Vada Vasquez, the 15-year-old Bronx girl who took a stray bullet to the skull last Monday, declined their usual Thanksgiving feast this year, postponing it until the teen can eat again....
• Posted Middle Age Internet Lothario Accused of Conning Lovers to Gothamist
  Ladies, meet Martin Berres, a 62-year-old single man who describes himself on his MySpace page (martynycforever!) as a "classy native New Yorker." His heroes include Niccolò Machiavelli, and he is "in better shape and health than...